With his family behind him, State Representative Dan Johnston (R – District 24) officially announced his candidacy for the office of State Treasurer from NDGOP headquarters in Bismarck tonight. Johnston is seeking to replace the person who has served longest [read more…]
There seems to be a feeling spreading within the North Dakota Republican Party (NDGOP) that the party itself doesn’t really mean that much. To be more specific, it comes from the idea that many Resolutions and planks of the Platform, [read more…]
It’s something that many of us – perhaps even most of us – who vote have done. It begins the moment you walk into the voting booth, sit down with your ballot, and realize that you’re not familiar with all [read more…]
Last month, the Dem-NPL held their State Convention. As a result of that event, Mac Schneider obtained his party’s endorsement for U.S. House. Earlier this month, the NDGOP held their State Convention. Former party chairman and State Senator Kelly Armstrong [read more…]
Earlier this month, we published an article in which I was critical of the way in which the NDGOP handled the selection and announcement of their keynote speaker for the State Convention in Grand Forks. In a nutshell, I just [read more…]
As I’ve reflected, there’s no question in my mind that the biggest upset to come out of last weekend’s NDGOP State Convention in Grand Forks was Will Gardner’s defeat of Al Jaeger for the party’s endorsement to be Secretary of [read more…]
On Monday, State Senator and U.S. House candidate Tom Campbell filed his paperwork to run in the June primary. This move came after losing the NDGOP endorsement to fellow State Senator and former NDGOP Chairman Kelly Armstrong at the party’s [read more…]
Tom Campbell’s campaign has reached a point of being embarrassing. As you’re probably already aware, State Senator Kelly Armstrong beat Campbell for the NDGOP endorsement at last week’s State Convention. The numbers weren’t even close. Armstrong came away with 847 [read more…]
The NDGOP State Convention kicked off in Grand Forks today. While there was no official call to order or endorsing of candidates, according to an agenda we were able to obtain, the days activities consisted of: Resolutions Committee Meetings State [read more…]
A few days ago, we reported that 34 of 47 NDGOP District Chairs have signed onto a letter of support for Kelly Armstrong in the race for U.S. House. This information was released on Armstrong’s website as Republicans across the [read more…]
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